Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 23, 2011, 3:47 AM CDT for 25 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2011, 12:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2011, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2011, 12:16 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 25 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
632 WWUS83 KICT 230847 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 347 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ032-033-047-048-050-232100- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0005.110323T1800Z-110323T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- 347 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048 AND 050... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...IS FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WIND...WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED IN LINCOLN...RUSSELL...ELLSWORTH...BARTON AND RICE COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ ES
2 follow-up statements
293 WWUS83 KICT 231716 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1216 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ049-051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098-099-232300- /O.EXB.KICT.FW.W.0005.110323T1716Z-110323T2300Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- 1216 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...051... 052...053...067...068...069...070...071...072...082...083...091... 092...093...094...095...096...098 AND 099... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...IS THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WIND...WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. * HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * HIGHEST THREAT...IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...AND BY 2 PM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-050-232300- /O.EXT.KICT.FW.W.0005.110323T1716Z-110323T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- 1216 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033... 047...048 AND 050... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...IS FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WIND...WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. * HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * HIGHEST THREAT...WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ BILLINGS
404 WWUS83 KICT 232240 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098-099-232345- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110323T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- 540 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033... 047...048...049...050...051...052...053...067...068...069...070... 071...072...082...083...091...092...093...094...095...096... 098 AND 099... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ MCGUIRE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Elk, Ellsworth and 14 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.